CultClassic comedy-sci-fi movie directed by Alex Cox and released in 1984. Known for its predominance of HeyItsThatGuy's, comic vignettes, outlandish scenarios, GenreBusting aesthetic memorable dialogue and well-liked soundtrack, made entirely out of songs from famous PunkRock bands like Music/BlackFlag, SuicidalTendencies, CircleJerks, [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and others.

Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a party and finds that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He meets Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The life of a Repo Man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and the CIA to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".

Based on [[strike:a]] some true stories Cox picked up when he worked as a repo man. There aren't many aliens, but there's plenty of shrimp!

Alex Cox released a sequel named ''Film/RepoChick'' in 2009.

Not to be confused with ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' or ''Film/RepoMen''. Definitely not to be confused with ''Discworld/ReaperMan''.----!!Tropes used:

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence* ArcWords: A whole big plate of them.* ArtificialLimbs : An obvious, bizarre, and hilarious ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.* BlatantLies: Agent Rogersz' assertion that sometimes people just blow up to explain the state trooper's spontaneously combusted body* BrandX: Otto works at Ralph's before he becomes a repo-man, so everything has the generic labels Ralph's used to have.** It's so pervasive that even the butyl nitrate spilled on the table in the club is marked with a generic label.** At one point, Otto eats from a can labeled "Food" * {{Cameo}}: The Circle Jerks as ... The Circle Jerks if they were a lounge band.* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Depending on your perspective a) Miller, b) everybody but Miller, c) everybody and Miller is so far he comes around the other side.* ChurchOfHappyology: [[IncrediblyLamePun Dioretix]]* ClusterFBomb* CoolCar: Subverted, the car that holds everyone's desires is:** MacGuffin: a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu with New Mexico plates that's somehow worth $20,000.*** And opening its trunk makes people vaporize.** In the end, it does become rather cool, with [[spoiler: A lightning bolt-generating forcefield and the ability to fly (and to possibly traverse time and space)]]. Who wouldn't want those features?* CoolOldGuy: Bud, at first.* DownLADrain: The car chase goes into the drains as well.* FaceHeelTurn: After being kidnapped by them, [[spoiler: Leila]] joins TheMenInBlack and starts helping Agent Rogersz out* FreudianExcuse: Otto's punk friend tries to blame society for his criminal ways, only for Otto to point out that that's bullshit, he's just a white suburban punk like him.* GainaxEnding* GenreBusting: How many [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative punk rock sci-fi satires]] are there in the world?* HeyItsThatGuy - Otto = Andy from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', Bud = Brett from ''Film/{{Alien}}'', [[Music/TheMonkees Michael Nesmith]] is the producer, Olivia Barash was on ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' etc.* HeroicComedicSociopath: They steal cars ... legally!* JerkAss: The Rodriguez Brothers. The other repo men aren't that nice either, come to think of it.* ItsPopularNowItSucks: InUniverse examples.--> '''Lite''': "I was into these dudes before anyone. Wanted me to be their manager. I called bullshit on that. Managing a pop group is no job for a man."--> '''Otto''': (Regarding the "lounge" performance by the CircleJerks) "I can't believe I used to like these guys."* JustAsPlanned: When Otto escapes from being tortured, Agent Rogersz casually remarks, "It's all part of the plan."* LoanShark* {{Lobotomy}}: One lunatic character laments on how great he felt after getting a lobotomy himself. Of course, he also talks about how radiation is harmless.* MeaningfulName: All of the Repo Men are named after beers.* TheMenInBlack: The CIA agents searching for the missing aliens. All of them wear black suits, white shirts, and black ties, and have blonde hair.* MexicanStandoff: In the convenience store late in the film.* OffTheShelfFX: Need a SicklyGreenGlow and can't afford CG? Buy some green glow-paint! This actually worked out well, as the CG of the era falls straight into ConspicuousCG nowadays.** Rogersz' hand is simply covered in aluminum foil. Her using a screwdriver to adjust it helps sell it as a robot hand.* PokeThePoodle: The punks. Even after they shoot a guy.* ProductPlacement: The only aversion to BrandX were the Christmas tree air fresheners. The makers sponsored the film.** "Find one in every car. You'll see."* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The employees of the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation certainly apply* RandomEventsPlot* RunningGag: Several** The three punks committing random crimes** The BrandX generic labels on everything** The Plate O'Shrimp** The old lady whose trash Otto runs over** The car freshners** The televangelist, whose demands for money over various TV and radio programs can be heard in the background of many scenes** Dioretix* ScaryBlackMan: Lite, who carries around a gun and isn't afraid to use it if people try to shoot him while he's taking their car. [[spoiler: It's loaded with blanks]]* ShoutOut: A couple to Creator/WilliamSBurroughs.** And in turn, the electronic band Music/FutureSoundOfLondon titled their song "Eyes Pop, Skin Explodes, Everybody Dead" after a line from the movie.** When Marlene takes Otto into the hospital, a voice on the PA says "[[Literature/NakedLunch Dr. Benway]] to surgery." Nice touch.* SicklyGreenGlow* StableTimeLoop: Miller's interpretation of reality.* StayWithTheAliens:-->'''Leila''': "Otto! What about our relationship?"-->'''Otto''': (Pauses and looks back) "Fuck that."** Also counts as a PrecisionFStrike.* StrawmanNewsMedia: Played for laughs in many a FunnyBackgroundEvent.* ThemeNaming: Different beers.* ThoseTwoGuys: The Rodriguez Brothers* TooDumbToLive: Archie opens the trunk of the Malibu, even after he's seen that doing so emits a bright light and whatever's in the trunk is extremely hot to the touch. [[spoiler: He is fried for his trouble]]* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Of course "blanks get the job done too" if you don't tell us.* UnusualEuphemism: [[{{Bowdlerise}} Flip You, Melon Farmer!!!]]* WhatCouldHaveBeen: MuhammadAli was supposed to make a cameo during the film's climax but had to back out due to a prior commitment.* WidgetSeries: Definitely qualifies as a WHAT.----